| M | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avge | 100 | 50 | |
| LRPL Taylor | 236 | 220 | 39 | 8607 | 181* | 47.55 | 21 | 51 |
| SP Fleming | 279 | 268 | 21 | 8007 | 134* | 32.41 | 8 | 49 |
| MJ Guptill | 198 | 195 | 19 | 7346 | 237* | 41.73 | 18 | 39 |
| KS Williamson | 175 | 167 | 18 | 7256 | 148 | 48.69 | 15 | 47 |
| NJ Astle | 223 | 217 | 14 | 7090 | 145* | 34.92 | 16 | 41 |
| BB McCullum | 260 | 228 | 28 | 6083 | 166 | 30.41 | 5 | 32 |
| CL Cairns | 214 | 192 | 25 | 4881 | 115 | 29.22 | 4 | 25 |
| CD McMillan | 197 | 183 | 16 | 4707 | 117 | 28.18 | 3 | 28 |
| MD Crowe | 143 | 140 | 18 | 4704 | 107* | 38.55 | 4 | 34 |
| SB Styris | 188 | 161 | 23 | 4483 | 141 | 32.48 | 4 | 28 |
| TWM Latham | 161 | 148 | 18 | 4415 | 145* | 33.96 | 8 | 26 |
| CZ Harris | 250 | 213 | 62 | 4379 | 130 | 29.00 | 1 | 16 |
| JG Wright | 149 | 148 | 1 | 3891 | 101 | 26.46 | 1 | 24 |
| AC Parore | 179 | 161 | 32 | 3314 | 108 | 25.68 | 1 | 14 |
| KR Rutherford | 121 | 115 | 9 | 3143 | 108 | 29.65 | 2 | 18 |
| AH Jones | 87 | 87 | 9 | 2784 | 93 | 35.69 | 0 | 25 |
| RG Twose | 87 | 81 | 11 | 2717 | 103 | 38.81 | 1 | 20 |
| JDP Oram | 160 | 116 | 15 | 2434 | 101* | 24.09 | 1 | 13 |
| L Vincent | 102 | 99 | 10 | 2413 | 172 | 27.11 | 3 | 11 |
| DJ Mitchell | 56 | 51 | 7 | 2338 | 134 | 53.13 | 7 | 11 |
| MJ Greatbatch | 84 | 83 | 5 | 2206 | 111 | 28.28 | 2 | 13 |
| DL Vettori | 291 | 183 | 55 | 2201 | 83 | 17.19 | 0 | 4 |
| HM Nicholls | 81 | 79 | 16 | 2180 | 124* | 34.60 | 1 | 15 |
| GD Elliott | 83 | 69 | 11 | 1976 | 115 | 34.06 | 2 | 11 |
| JV Coney | 88 | 80 | 19 | 1874 | 66* | 30.72 | 0 | 8 |
| BA Edgar | 64 | 64 | 5 | 1814 | 102* | 30.74 | 1 | 10 |
| RJ Hadlee | 115 | 98 | 17 | 1751 | 79 | 21.61 | 0 | 4 |
| WA Young | 50 | 50 | 5 | 1680 | 120 | 37.33 | 4 | 10 |
| BA Young | 74 | 73 | 5 | 1668 | 74 | 24.52 | 0 | 9 |
| GM Turner | 41 | 40 | 6 | 1598 | 171* | 47.00 | 3 | 9 |
The list shows 30 occurrences of 1598 runs or more